Law enforcers from SRB-10 arrested two suspected members of a smuggling ring and seized Indian sarees and Kashmiri shawls valued at nearly Tk 11 crore during a pre-dawn checkpoint operation in Munshiganj’s Louhajang upazila on Wednesday, November 11.
In a noon press release, SRB-10 Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police and Assistant Director (Media) Tapan Sarkar said a team from CPC-2 Sreenagar Camp set up a highway checkpoint around 3:45 a.m. at Dakshin Medinimandal under Padma Bridge North Police Station based on intelligence tips.
Searching two covered vans that had crossed the Padma Bridge toward Munshiganj, officers arrested Sajjad Hossain, 28, of Ghona village in Satkhira Sadar, and Nazmul Hossain, 32, of Kalaroa in Satkhira, while seizing the vans alongside 26,353 Indian sarees worth Tk 105,412,000 and 2,487 Kashmiri shawls worth Tk 3,730,000.
Sarkar said the detained suspects admitted to colluding to smuggle tax-evaded Indian garments through Benapole for high-price domestic resale. Both suspects and the seized cargo were handed over to local police to face charges under the Special Powers Act, with SRB-10 warning that smuggling threatens economic stability and national security.
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